Our first task of the year is to get the children broken out into their daily groups. The groups are determined in one of two ways, depending on the children's age:
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The children who are eligible for Kindergarten in the fall of 2021 will be individually assessed on the basic knowledge that we intend to cover this year during Preschool. From there, we will evaluate those assessments and then group the children into their classrooms based on their academic foundations. By doing this, it will allow us to incorporate minor adjustments to our curriculum for each Kindergarten eligible classroom, in order to keep all of the children engaged and challenged. This will also allow us the opportunity to provide a more detailed and thorough lesson for the children who may be struggling to latch on to certain concepts. It is our hope that by making these the academic adjustments, it will give each child the best chance to succeed while at Discovery! |
The classes for the children who are not eligible for Kindergarten in the fall of 2021 will be determined by their birthdate. In the past, we have attempted to group all of the children based solely on academics. However, there are instances in which a child's developmental and academic skills do not necessarily coincide. With that, we now opt to break the non-eligible groups out by age. Seeings how all of these children have another year to continue grasping academic concepts prior to entering Kindergarten, we'd like to focus a bit more on teaching age appropriate developmental skills (positive social interactions, sharing/taking turns, following classroom routines, walking in a line, etc.). We are hoping that this foundation will enable the children to better excel in a structured setting down the road. |